מִשְׁלֵי 12
| אֹהֵב מוּסָר אֹהֵֽב דָּעַת וְשׂוֹנֵא תוֹכַחַת בָּֽעַר׃ | 1 |
Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
| טוֹב יָפִיק רָצוֹן מֵיְהֹוָה וְאִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ | 2 |
A good [man] obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.
| לֹא־יִכּוֹן אָדָם בְּרֶשַׁע וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃ | 3 |
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
| אֵֽשֶׁת־חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ וּכְרָקָב בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו מְבִישָֽׁה׃ | 4 |
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
| מַחְשְׁבוֹת צַדִּיקִים מִשְׁפָּט תַּחְבֻּלוֹת רְשָׁעִים מִרְמָֽה׃ | 5 |
The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
| דִּבְרֵי רְשָׁעִים אֱרׇב־דָּם וּפִי יְשָׁרִים יַצִּילֵֽם׃ | 6 |
The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
| הָפוֹךְ רְשָׁעִים וְאֵינָם וּבֵית צַדִּיקִים יַעֲמֹֽד׃ | 7 |
The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
| לְֽפִי־שִׂכְלוֹ יְהֻלַּל־אִישׁ וְנַעֲוֵה־לֵב יִהְיֶה לָבֽוּז׃ | 8 |
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
| טוֹב נִקְלֶה וְעֶבֶד לוֹ מִמִּתְכַּבֵּד וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃ | 9 |
[He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.
| יוֹדֵעַ צַדִּיק נֶפֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵי רְשָׁעִים אַכְזָרִֽי׃ | 10 |
A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
| עֹבֵד אַדְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָחֶם וּמְרַדֵּף רֵיקִים חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃ | 11 |
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
| חָמַד רָשָׁע מְצוֹד רָעִים וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים יִתֵּֽן׃ | 12 |
The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
| בְּפֶשַׁע שְׂפָתַיִם מוֹקֵשׁ רָע וַיֵּצֵא מִצָּרָה צַדִּֽיק׃ | 13 |
The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
| מִפְּרִי פִי־אִישׁ יִשְׂבַּע־טוֹב וּגְמוּל יְדֵי־אָדָם (ישוב) [יָשִׁיב] לֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.
| דֶּרֶךְ אֱוִיל יָשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו וְשֹׁמֵעַ לְעֵצָה חָכָֽם׃ | 15 |
The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel [is] wise.
| אֱוִיל בַּיּוֹם יִוָּדַע כַּעְסוֹ וְכֹסֶה קָלוֹן עָרֽוּם׃ | 16 |
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
| יָפִיחַ אֱמוּנָה יַגִּיד צֶדֶק וְעֵד שְׁקָרִים מִרְמָֽה׃ | 17 |
[He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness, deceit.
| יֵשׁ בּוֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְרוֹת חָרֶב וּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים מַרְפֵּֽא׃ | 18 |
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
| שְֽׂפַת־אֱמֶת תִּכּוֹן לָעַד וְעַד־אַרְגִּיעָה לְשׁוֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃ | 19 |
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
| מִרְמָה בְּלֶב־חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵי שָׁלוֹם שִׂמְחָֽה׃ | 20 |
Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace [is] joy.
| לֹא־יְאֻנֶּה לַצַּדִּיק כׇּל־אָוֶן וּרְשָׁעִים מָלְאוּ רָֽע׃ | 21 |
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
| תּוֹעֲבַת יְהֹוָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁקֶר וְעֹשֵׂי אֱמוּנָה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ | 22 |
Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
| אָדָם עָרוּם כֹּסֶה דָּעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ | 23 |
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
| יַד־חָרוּצִים תִּמְשׁוֹל וּרְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַֽס׃ | 24 |
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
| דְּאָגָה בְלֶב־אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃ | 25 |
Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.
| יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ צַדִּיק וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּתְעֵֽם׃ | 26 |
The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
| לֹא־יַחֲרֹךְ רְמִיָּה צֵידוֹ וְהוֹן־אָדָם יָקָר חָרֽוּץ׃ | 27 |
The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
| בְּאֹֽרַח־צְדָקָה חַיִּים וְדֶרֶךְ נְתִיבָהֿ אַל־מָֽוֶת׃ | 28 |
In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the path [of it there is] no death.
